Gossypium darwinii

Overview
Species Name darwinii
Family Malvaceae
Scientific Name Gossypium darwinii G. Watt
Synonym Gossypium barbadense var. darwinii
Common Name 达尔文氏棉 [view all 1]
GRIN Taxonomy GRIN
Geographic Origin Galapagos Islands
Genome Group AD
Genome (AD)5
Haploid Chromosome Number 26
Ploidy allotetraploid
Propagation Method N/A
Fertile withN/A
Sterile withN/A
Incompatible withN/A
Germplasm[view all 150]
LibraryN/A
Sequence [view all 1308471 ]
Publication Wang K, Wendel JF, Hua J. Designations for individual genomes and chromosomes in Gossypium. Journal of Cotton Research. 2018 JUN 29;1:3
Description

Gossypium darwinii, or Darwin's cotton, is a species of cotton plant which is found only on the Galapagos Islands. Genetic studies indicate that it is most closely related to the native American species Gossypium barbadense, thus it is surmised that a seed arrived from South America on the wind, in the droppings of a bird or associated with debris by sea. - Wikipedia

Useful Agronomic Traits: Finer fibers, drought tolerance, resistance to Fusarium and Verticillium wilt (Shim J, et al. 2018).